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A Night of 3-D Cinema – Award Winning Shorts (Los Angeles, May 11)

5.5.2011

 

 

In a time when everything is just seems too damn serious, ProjectFresh is excited to take a break from all the social responsibility and team up with the the LA 3-D Club and The Downtown Independent for a teaser night before their upcoming movie festival (May 14th & 15th). We’ll be screening previous years winners as well as hearing a short talk on the history of 3-D cinema. 


ProjectFresh 3-D: A Night of 3-D Cinema & Award Winning Shorts

 

Wednesday, May 11th | Doors 7pm | Screening 8pm

The Downtown Independent Theater: 251 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA

$12 Online Pre-Sale / $15 at the Door (if available)

A food truck will be on the premises from 6:45pm | Rooftop Drinks & Discussion Afterward.

* This is an all ages event *

 

CO-HOST: Eric Kurland, President, Curator, LA 3-D Club

PREVIOUS YEARS AWARD WINNERS WILL BE SCREENED AS WELL AS A PRESENTATION FROM

Ray Zone, 3-D Film Historian and author of the book Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film

 

More information & RSVP here…

Bertolucci’s 3D drama takes shape

5.5.2011

 

[By NICK VIVARELLI, Variety]

Bernardo Bertolucci’s previously announced new pic ”Io e Te” (Me and You) is going forward, with firm plans for a 3D shoot to start by year’s end on the coming-of-age drama about an adolescent boy who hides out in his Rome basement.

Rome-based producer Mario Gianani, who shepherded Marco Bellocchio’s ”Vincere,” will produce ”Io e Te” in tandem with Bertolucci’s own Fiction Cinematografica shingle.

While other production details, including foreign sales, are being kept under wraps, leading Italian distributor Medusa has confirmed it will release ”Io e Te” in Italy.

Casting is still being decided.

Pic will mark Bertolucci’s return to the director’s chair eight years after ”The Dreamers.” It will be his first Italian-language feature film after thirty years, and also his first foray into stereoscopic filmmaking.

Based on a short novel by hot Italian author Niccolo Ammaniti, ”Io e Te” is about a 14-year-old boy named Lorenzo who, having told his parents that he went on a ski trip, hides out in his basement where he unexpectedly comes into close contact with his much older half-sister, Olivia, who has a heroin-addiction problem.

Bertolucci is working on the ”Io e Te” screenplay with Ammaniti and with Umberto Contarello, who most recently co-penned Paolo Sorrentino’s Sean Penn-starrer ”This Must Be The Place.”

Bertolucci told Variety that what he loves about 3D is that ”it’s based on the fact that you look with two eyes; so two cameras imitate that.”

”It’s like having a way of seeing things along with the audience,” he said.

The ”Io e Te” shoot will most likely start in Rome in September.

See the original post here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036433?refCatId=19

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Specification for Naming VFX Image Sequences Released

ETC’s VFX Working Group has published a specification for best practices naming image sequences such as plates and comps. File naming is an essential tool for organizing the multitude of frames that are inputs and outputs from the VFX process. Prior to the publication of this specification, each organization had its own naming scheme, requiring custom processes for each partner, which often resulted in confusion and miscommunication.

The new ETC@USC specification focuses primarily on sequences of individual images. The initial use case was VFX plates, typically delivered as OpenEXR or DPX files. However, the team soon realized that the same naming conventions can apply to virtually any image sequence. Consequently, the specification was written to handle a wide array of assets and use cases.

To ensure all requirements are represented, the working group included over 2 dozen participants representing studios, VFX houses, tool creators, creatives and others.  The ETC@USC also worked closely with MovieLabs to ensure that the specification could be integrated as part of their 2030 Vision.

A key design criteria for this specification is compatibility with existing practices.  Chair of the VFX working group, Horst Sarubin of Universal Pictures, said: “Our studio is committed to being at the forefront of designing best industry practices to modernize and simplify workflows, and we believe this white paper succeeded in building a new foundation for tools to transfer files in the most efficient manner.”

This specification is compatible with other initiatives such as the Visual Effects Society (VES) Transfer Specifications. “We wanted to make it as seamless as possible for everyone to adopt this specification,” said working group co-chair and ETC@USC’s Erik Weaver. “To ensure all perspectives were represented we created a team of industry experts familiar with the handling of these materials and collaborated with a number of industry groups.”

“Collaboration between MovieLabs and important industry groups like the ETC is critical to implementing the 2030 Vision,” said Craig Seidel, SVP of MovieLabs. “This specification is a key step in defining the foundations for better software-defined workflows. We look forward to continued partnership with the ETC on implementing other critical elements of the 2030 Vision.”

The specification is available online for anyone to use.

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